The Koreas: The Birth of Two Nations Divided

by Theodore Jun Yoo

Book Overview

What history, pop culture, and diaspora can teach us about North and South Korea today.

Korea is one of the last divided countries in the world. Twins born of the Cold War, one is vilified as an isolated, impoverished, time-warped state with an abysmal human rights record and a reclusive leader who perennially threatens global security with his clandestine nuclear weapons program. The other is lauded as a thriving democratic and capitalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520391683
• ISBN13: 9780520391680
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"